Minor League Blogs

Rudy Lugo and Casey Fien combined for a solid outing as the Hens took care of Lehigh Valley 5-3 in the first of two.  Lugo gave up three runs (just one earned) on three hits and three walks with two strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.  Fien threw 1 2/3 innings of shutout relief and he [...]

The Hens took care of Indianapolis 6-0 behind some really strong pitching.  Ruddy Lugo improved to 1-1 and he gave up just three hits and four walks with two strikeouts in five shutout innings.  Casey Fien followed that up with three shutout innings of relief and then Robbie Weinhardt pitched a shutout ninth to finish [...]

Armando Galarraga had a nice start go to waste as the Hens lost to the Bats 7-1.  Galarraga took the loss and fell to 0-1 despite giving up just a run on three hits with six strikeouts in five innings.  Casey Fien and Robbie Weinhardt were both hit hard were both touched up for three [...]

Toledo turned around a 6-3 deficit and scored four unanswered runs in the late innings to pull out a 7-6 win over Indianapolis.  Mike Hessman went three for four with two doubles, a walk and two RBIs while Will Rhymes went two for two with two walks, two runs and an RBI.
Eddie Bonine was roughed [...]

The Hens came back from a 7-4 deficit to beat the Clippers 8-7.  Brent Dlugach went three for three with a walk, a double, a triple and two runs.  Scott Sizemore went two for four with double, a walk and two RBIs while Mike Hessman went two for five with a double, a home run [...]

The Hens were down 2-1 in the bottom of the eighth but they capitalized on a throwing error to end up with a pair of runs to come from behind in a 3-2 win.  Mike Hessman was the hitting star and he went two for four with a home run and two runs. 
Ruddy Lugo had [...]

Nate Bump got it done again as he improved to 2-0 in just two starts this season.   The 32 year old former Marlin gave up just six hits with two strikeouts in 7 1/3 shutout innings.  Casey Fien pitched a shutout ninth and he picked up his eighth save of the season.
Will Rhymes went two [...]

The Hens took care of Charlotte 5-1 and Lucas French got it done on the mound.  He gave up just five hits and a walk with six strikeouts in seven shutout innings.  Casey Fien gave up a run in his two frames but it was good enough for save number four.
Don Kelly led the way [...]

The Hens rallied for two runs in the ninth inning but it wasn’t enough in their 4-2 loss to Lehigh Valley.  Clete Thomas drove in both of those runs and he was the lone Hens hitter with two hits.  He also had the only extra base hit with a double.
Ruddy Lugo took the loss and [...]

The Mud Hens picked up a win at the first every game at Huntington Park in Columbus this afternoon.  Ruddy Lugo had a nice start and he improved to 2-0.  He gave up one run on four hits and three walks with one strikeout in five innings.  Joel Zumaya continued his rehab with two shutout [...]

The Mud Hens continued their winning ways with a close one against the Bats.  The Hens jumped out to a 4-0 lead but two in the eighth and one in the ninth by the Bats made this one a close one.  Scott Drucker looked very good and he improved to 1-0.  He gave up just [...]

Anthony Tomey fell to 2-3 on the season after he gave up a two run homer in the bottom of the tenth inning in a 5-3 loss to Bowie.  Casey Fien was the most effective hitter with 2 1/3 shutout innings.
All three SeaWolves runs came via solo homers.  Dusty Ryan, Ryan Roberson and Jeff Frazier [...]

The SeaWolves split their pair of games today with Altoona.  Game one was a 4-3, extra inning loss that saw Casey Fien give up a walk off solo homer in the bottom of the eighth inning.  Benjamin Fritz didn’t get the decision and he gave up three runs (one earned) on eleven hits and one [...]

Erie edged Altoona 5-4 and Wilkin Ramirez had the game winning hit.  His solo homer in the bottom of the seventh broke a 4-4 tie and that won it for the SeaWolves.  Freddy Guzman went one for three with two walks, three stolen bases and a run.  The three steals brings his season total up [...]

The White Caps rallied for three runs in the top of the eleventh inning as they took care of Wisconsin 6-3.  Ryan Strieby broke the two with a big two run double and he later scored on an error to cap off the three run eleventh.  Jeramy Laster went two for four with a two [...]

Casey Fien gave up an unearned run in the bottom of the tenth inning as the White Caps lost to Wisconsin 5-4.  It was disappointing because the White Caps had come back from as many as three down to tie the game and send it into extra frames only to lose it in extra innings.
Brandon [...]

The White Caps pulled this one out with a flair for the dramatic.  Down 1-0 Scott Sizemore scored on a ground out by James Skelton to tie the game out and then Sizemore scored on a throwing error on a stolen base attempt in the bottom of the eleventh to win it.  Sizemore finished the [...]

James Skelton doubled home Scott Sizemore in the bottom of the twelth inning to win it for the White Caps 5-4.  Jeramy Laster singled twice and drove in two runs while Santo De Leon went three for four with a triple and a run.
Casey Fien picked up the win and he improved to 3-0 with [...]

The big story in this game was when Louis Ott was hit in the seventh, there was a bench clearing brawl.  Nobody got hurt but it made the local news.  The Lugnuts pitcher was ejected as was Ott.
That overshadowed a solid pitching performance by Casey Fien.  He gave up two runs (one earned) on four [...]

Ryan Strieby hit a big two run homer in the top of the ninth and that proved to be the game winner in the White Caps 4-3 win over the Dragons.  Audy Ciriaco also had a nice game and he went two for four with a double and two RBIs.
A solid start by Jeffrey Gerbe [...]